N'DJAMENA, July 25 (Xinhua) -- At least four people have died following a cholera outbreak in a refugee camp in eastern Chad, the country's health ministry said in a statement on Friday.
A total of 42 suspected cases have been recorded in the Dougui refugee camp in the Ouara department of Ouaddai province, the statement said, adding that samples have been collected and sent to the capital, N'Djamena, for confirmatory testing.
Authorities have called for vigilance and strict adherence to hygiene measures to slow the spread of the disease.
Dougui refugee camp hosts approximately 20,000 Sudanese refugees.
In June, the World Health Organization warned that cholera cases in Sudan are set to rise and could spread to neighbouring countries, including Chad, which hosts hundreds of thousands of refugees from Sudan's civil war, in crowded conditions.
